echoes beyond the horizon(2025)

Finally, With You(tl)

Janno, the filmmaker, captures mundane but distanced moments at home with his retired OFW father, Michael. As the father-son attempt to rekindle their veiled relationship, years of pent-up sentiment gushes out, revealing the key to their long-awaited reconnection.

necroeconomy(en)

From the inside of a balikbayan box, a daughter plays a video game system gifted to her by her father. She recalls the days before her father went overseas due to the lack of stable and livable employment and the ongoing drug war in the country. A meditation on parental bonds and the OFW experience from a child’s perspective.

Dubai(tl)

Summoning his younger brother Andrew to the city of Dubai, the financially stable Raffy, a Filipino citizen who's spent several years overseas, hopes his sibling can find work so that they can finally move to Canada. Unfortunately, Raffy doesn't expect Andrew to fall in love with his ex-girlfriend, Faye, a woman Raffy, in fact, still cares for very much.

And the Breadwinner Is...(tl)

When Bambi discovers that her family has squandered their savings, they devise a plan to cover their debts — but first, she must fake her death.

How To Get Away From My Toxic Family(tl)

A hardworking and loyal OFW, a chef from Dubai, returns home hoping to pursue his dream of owning his restaurant and starting his own life. However, he finds himself at odds with his family and their toxic tendencies, making him question “Where does sacrifice end and selfishness begin?"

Caregiver(tl)

Sarah Gonzales, a grade school English teacher, joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her husband, Teddy Gonzales, in making a better living for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipinos experience working as nurses and caregivers in the UK, this story also charts Sarah's journey to self-discovery from a submissive wife who makes sacrifices for her husband's aspirations to an empowered woman who finds dignity and pride in a humbling job as a caregiver in London.

OFW the Movie(tl)

Based on true stories. These Five Filipino overseas contract workers tell a plot contrary to what is perceived as ordinary and looked on the sunny side of life and work abroad in rose-colored glasses.

Ilo Ilo(zh)

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.

Alo(tl)

Alo, an undocumented overseas Filipino worker, lives in an overcrowded house-share in London. He is struck by a latent neurological problem, which causes a bout of seizures and disrupts his situation in the household. The residents of the house are posed an ultimatum; should they risk Alo’s health or call an ambulance, potentially resulting in his deportation?

La tormenta perfecta(es)

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest(en)

This video traces the life and career of Muhammad Ali, the man who was born to fight. He started boxing at age 12, and by age 18, had over 100 amateur fights. Starting with his first professional fight, you'll see highlights of all his important fights with opponents such as Archie Moore, Sonny Liston, Oscar Bonavena, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, George Foreman, Leon Spinks, Larry Holmes, etc. His fights with Uncle Sam over his conscientious objection to the war and the stripping of his title. His sparring with the press (which he learned to manipulate and use to his advantage) in his many interviews. His religious beliefs that led him to chance his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay to Muhammad Ali. But no matter what name he was called by, "Gassius" Clay or "Motor Mouth," he will always be remembered as a "CHAMPION" in and out of the ring. So sit back and enjoy this one of a kind video. IT'S THE GREATEST!!!

The Only One: Remembering Toše(sr)

A documentary about the late Macedonian musician Toše Proeski.

Downtown Cleveland(en)

Through the stories of architects, historians, and ordinary people, it becomes evident that the sense of identity and community Northeast Ohioans feel is defined by the architecture of downtown. Downtown Cleveland seeks the soul behind the brick and mortar of Cleveland and examines the personal connections we have to the downtown area - a connection that goes back more than 200 years.

Las Preguntas que Perdimos(es)

Savor: 100 Years at the West Side Market(en)

Cleveland's West Side Market has been selling food and making fans for 100 years. Meet the veterans who remember the squawk of live chickens on site, a suburbanite who shops in her grandmother's footsteps and a young couple who made the market a Launchpad for their future. Learn why this shrine to Cleveland’s food memories is still a thriving, award-winning marketplace.

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial(es)

PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial is a documentary that presents and discusses the psychological impact that colonialism has had on the Puerto Rican people. The director analyzes the traumas generated in Puerto Rican society by that colonial experience.

The Making of Transformers the Premake(en)

The mind process behind the film, Transformers the Premake, explained by Kevin B Lee himself.

Homemade American Music(en)

A history of rural southeastern traditional American music, as told and played by Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard. Mike and Alice recount their own involvement with this music, and briefly trace its history as we meet their mentors: the late Tommy Jarrell, Lily May Ledford, Roscoe Holcomb, Elizabeth Cotton and many other musicians. Filmed in 1978 and 1979 in the states of Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Washington and California, the film follows Mike and Alice home, and to folk music festivals where a new generation of musicians are picking up and passing on American traditional music. The filmmaker grew up with this rich and beautiful music and wanted to share it with younger generations who might not be aware of it and its role in American cultural history.

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar(en)

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar is a groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar Senegal. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and people on the street at the time before, during and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal and examines hip-hop’s role on the political process. Originally shot as a seven part documentary mini-series released via the internet – the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism on the political process.

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